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PENGUIN CLASSICS MOBY-DICK ENGLISH EDITION - ...

The original 'Great American Novel'  Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is a masterful study of
obsession. This Penguin Classics edition contains an introduction by Andrew Delblanco  with
explanatory commentary by Tom Quirk. 'Call me Ishmael.' So begins Herman Melville's masterpiece
one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. As Ishmael is drawn into Captain
Ahab's obsessive quest to slay the white whale Moby-Dick  he finds himself engaged in a
metaphysical struggle between good and evil. More than just a novel of adventure  more than an
paean to whaling lore and legend  Moby-Dick is a haunting social commentary  populated by some
of the most enduring characters in literature  the crew of the Pequod  from stern  Quaker First
Mate Starbuck  to the tattooed Polynesian harpooner Queequeg  are a vision of the world in
microcosm  the pinnacle of Melville's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully
redemptive humour  Moby-Dick is a profound  poetic inquiry into character  faith  and the
nature of perception. Based on the Northwestern University Press edition   this Penguin
Classics edition includes a critical introduction by Andrew Delbanco  as well as valuable
explanatory notes  maps  illustrations and a glossary of nautical terms.  Herman Melville is
now regarded as one of America's greatest novelists. Much of the material for his novels was
drawn from his own experience as a seaman aboard whaling ships. He wrote his masterpiece
Moby-Dick in 1851  and died in 1891.  If you enjoyed Moby-Dick   you may like Miguel de
Cervantes' Don Quixote   also available in Penguin Classics.  'After reading Moby-Dick  you
will have enhanced your sense of wonder  you will have increased the size of your universe' E.
M. Forster  'One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world ... It moves awe in the
soul' D. H. Lawrence

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